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Visa Completes Acquisition of Featurespace


Clients around the world will experience superior fraud detection and risk-scoring solutions
LONDON & SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 19, 2024-- Visa (NYSE: V) today announced it has completed its acquisition of Featurespace, a developer of real-time artificial intelligence (AI) payments protection technology that prevents and mitigates payments fraud and financial crime risks. Thi

Research Reveals Two In Five UK SMBs Have Lost Money To Fraudsters

Average amount lost to fraud by SMBs is almost £4,000, Visa research finds Bank account hacks, invoice fraud and phishing scams cited as the most common types of fraud impacting SMBs With 40% of SMBs wanting anti-fraud training, Visa launches a new digital toolkit to upskill SMBs and bolster the UK’s fraud defences
London, 18 November: New research from Visa, a world leader in digital paymen

Visa recognises creators as small businesses

At Web Summit, Visa Celebrates Creators; Expands Collaboration with Pharrell Williams

LISBON, PORTUGAL, NOVEMBER 12, 2024: At the opening session of Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, Visa unveiled significant commitments to digital creators. Acknowledging the impact of creator

Visa to Acquire Featurespace

Featurespace’s deep tech origins, combined with Visa’s digital payments leadership, poised to strengthen global fraud protections
LONDON & SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep. 26, 2024-- Visa (NYSE: V) today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Featurespace, a developer of real-time artificial intelligence (AI) payments protection technology that prevents and mitigates

Visa study unveils the success of women's football and its growth opportunity

Women’s football has grown significantly in the last 5 years Over 50% of fans became so in the last 3 years Brands play a critical role in transforming the sport and greater investment will help it reach its full potential
London, 19th September – Over the last five years, women’s football has grown in popularity, visibility, recognition and financial success. With a com

Visa boosts consumer protection with smarter bank transfer payments

Visa launches Visa A2A, an open system to bring consumer control and protection to account-to-account payments Introduces an easy and safe way to pay recurring bills with bank transfers and makes it easier for consumers to get their money back if something goes wrong Designed with leading UK fintechs and in collaboration with key industry partners, it will unlock an easier, safer way to pay by ba

NatWest and Visa launch new credit card to support and reward UK customers

London, 22 August 2024: NatWest Group has collaborated with Visa, a world leader in digital payments, to launch a new travel reward credit card, available now in the UK for NatWest customers.
The card offers a range of features, including:
1% back on eligible travel spending, including on planes, trains, car rental, ferries, buses, hotel accommodation, travel agents, cruises, campsites and

International Olympic and Paralympic Committees champion Yorkshire schoolgirl’s inclusive payment invention for sports fans of the future

Beatrice, aged 10, has received responses from the IOC and IPC after writing a letter about her idea to make the fan payment experience of the future more inclusive. Inspired by the IOC and IPC’s mission to make Paris 2024 the most inclusive Olympic and Paralympic Games yet, Beatrice designed a wearable device to make the fan experience more accessible for people with disabilities. The idea helpe

Visa Data Shows How Spending At The Olympic Games Paris 2024 Is Boosting The French Economy

26% year-on-year rise in sales for Paris small businesses during the first weekend of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 Significant increase in spending from Visa cardholders in many areas of commerce including restaurants, theatres and museums Biggest share of overseas spend comes from U.S. Visa cardholders, with most significant increases in year-on-year spending from Japan and Brazil
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Visa unveils new ‘Level Up Your Game‘ campaign ahead of Paris 2024, inspiring everyone to take their passions to the next level

19th July, UK: Visa, the Official Payment Technology Partner of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024, has unveiled a new campaign across Europe, fronted by Team Visa’s Olympic and Paralympic athletes, to encourage everyone to follow their passions. The campaign is an embodiment of the brand’s mission to uplift everyone everywhere, bringing together Team Visa athletes with Gen Z content crea

Passion-fuelled Gen Z side hustlers see average income boost of 22% over the last year, according to Visa

16thJuly, 2024 – London, UK – Visa, the Official Payment Technology Partner of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024, today reveals the secrets behind the success of side hustles set up by Gen Z, people born between 1996 and 2010, and how they are evolving to help young people level up their game.
New research conducted by Visa finds that 45% of Gen Zs now have a side hustle, with over a

Visa’s new AI tool for Faster Payments could help save UK over £330m a year on fraud and APP scams

London, 30th May 2024 – In a groundbreaking pilot in partnership with Pay.UK, Visa, a world leader in digital payments, has shown how leveraging the latest AI technology has the potential to drastically cut the £600m1 lost annually to account-to-account scams and fraud over recent years in the UK. Results from the pilot announced today reveal Visa identified 54% of fraudulent transactions which ha

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About Visa Europe

Visa Europe is a payments technology business owned and operated by member banks and other payment service providers from 38 countries.

Visa Europe is at the heart of the payments ecosystem providing the services and infrastructure to enable millions of European consumers, businesses and governments to make electronic payments. Its members are responsible for issuing cards, signing up retailers and deciding cardholder and retailer fees. Visa Europe is also the largest transaction processor in Europe, responsible for processing more than 18 billion transactions annually.

There are more than 500m Visa cards in Europe, while €1 in every €6 spent in Europe is on a Visa card. Total expenditure on Visa cards exceeds €2 trillion annually, with €1.5 trillion spent at point-of-sale.

Visa Europe is an independent business with an exclusive, irrevocable and perpetual licence to use the Visa brand in Europe. Visa Europe works in partnership with Visa Inc. to enable global Visa payments in more than 200 countries and territories.

For more information, visit www.visaeurope.com and @VisaEuropeNews

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